It Is Finished (Week 4): WEDNESDAY
With all the noise in the world, do you hear the voice of God? Your calendar tells you what to do, but do you remember who you are? Being comes before doing. This is a call to put first things first. Return to the Lord with this daily pattern of prayer and devotion. Set aside this time as a sanctuary. Find a space free of distraction and follow this pattern.
Invitation Prayer
O God, the Psalm says, “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.” (Psalm 103:13) So I am quick to run to you. I know you look on me with compassion. So I come to you first. I rush into your arms. I speak into your ear. As my Father in heaven, hear my voice today. In Jesus name, Amen.
Confession
Forgive my sins, O Lord – forgive me the sins of my present and the sins of my past, the sins of my soul and the sins of my body; the sins which I have done to please myself, and the sins which I have done to please others. Forgive me my wasted and idle sins, forgive me my serious and deliberate sins, forgive me those sins which I know and those sins which I know not, the sins which I have labored so to hide from others that I have hid them from my own memory. Forgive them, O Lord, forgive them all.
Word
“As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.” (Ps. 103:13)
Meditation
We have seen fathers who fall short of their responsibility, men who’ve been abusive or absent. Maybe you have known a father who has failed you. Or a parent who has let you down.
The Lord is a different kind of Father. Picture a father in the best sense, one who provides, cares, guards, gives, and loves. Now you have a sliver of a glimpse of your Father in heaven. He is a compassionate Father who gave everything that you may be his own and live in his house.
Martin Luther once likened God to a Father whose lap we can crawl up into. We are invited to trust him and call on him. Even to crawl up into his lap and whisper in his ear. Call on him as Father today.
Father, you are unlike any other. Father me and all those who long for a paternal heart and hand. Show us your strength and tender mercy. Amen.
Sending Prayer
Lord of compassion, you have called us into a new family by the blood of your cross. Give us your spirit of compassion that we might love one another as you have loved us. You love me and you send me. I now go in your name. Amen.
*Today's devotion is taken from It Is Finished by Jeff Cloeter, published by CTA – Christ to All at ctainc.com
With all the noise in the world, do you hear the voice of God? Your calendar tells you what to do, but do you remember who you are? Being comes before doing. This is a call to put first things first. Return to the Lord with this daily pattern of prayer and devotion. Set aside this time as a sanctuary. Find a space free of distraction and follow this pattern.
Invitation Prayer
O God, the Psalm says, “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.” (Psalm 103:13) So I am quick to run to you. I know you look on me with compassion. So I come to you first. I rush into your arms. I speak into your ear. As my Father in heaven, hear my voice today. In Jesus name, Amen.
Confession
Forgive my sins, O Lord – forgive me the sins of my present and the sins of my past, the sins of my soul and the sins of my body; the sins which I have done to please myself, and the sins which I have done to please others. Forgive me my wasted and idle sins, forgive me my serious and deliberate sins, forgive me those sins which I know and those sins which I know not, the sins which I have labored so to hide from others that I have hid them from my own memory. Forgive them, O Lord, forgive them all.
Word
“As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.” (Ps. 103:13)
Meditation
We have seen fathers who fall short of their responsibility, men who’ve been abusive or absent. Maybe you have known a father who has failed you. Or a parent who has let you down.
The Lord is a different kind of Father. Picture a father in the best sense, one who provides, cares, guards, gives, and loves. Now you have a sliver of a glimpse of your Father in heaven. He is a compassionate Father who gave everything that you may be his own and live in his house.
Martin Luther once likened God to a Father whose lap we can crawl up into. We are invited to trust him and call on him. Even to crawl up into his lap and whisper in his ear. Call on him as Father today.
Father, you are unlike any other. Father me and all those who long for a paternal heart and hand. Show us your strength and tender mercy. Amen.
Sending Prayer
Lord of compassion, you have called us into a new family by the blood of your cross. Give us your spirit of compassion that we might love one another as you have loved us. You love me and you send me. I now go in your name. Amen.
*Today's devotion is taken from It Is Finished by Jeff Cloeter, published by CTA – Christ to All at ctainc.com